Name: Urban Sketch Walk at St. Patrick’s Island
Start: 2025-05-04T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-05-04T15:00:00-06:00
Location: St. Patrick's Island

$Urban Sketch Walk at St. Patrick\u2019s Island$

Grab some colored pencils and paper and join in on a walk at St. Patrick’s Island with frequent stops to sketch.
About this Event

Do you like to draw? Do you like nature? Grab some colored pencils and paper and join kid book illustrator & author Carolyn Fisher and Alberta Wilderness Association conservation specialist Sara Heerema at St. Patrick’s Island for 2 hour walk with frequent stops to sketch. All ages and levels of experience welcome. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.
For this nature sketchwalk, we’ll draw to observe nature and humans living side by side. We'll look at the ways that industrial activities affect watersheds. And we'll find out how waterways shape our land and our lives. We’ll jot our impressions and play creative games while taking a leisurely wander through St. Patrick’s Island in the Bow River. At the end of the walk, we’ll stroll across the bridge to a local coffee shop.
This walk is held in conjunction with the Alberta Wilderness Association, which hosts regular events in order to celebrate and conserve Alberta's natural spaces (https://albertawilderness.ca).

WALK NOTES: Steep slopes, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks, fun for kids, no dogs please - except service dogs, breaks offered along the way, will use voice amplication.

WALK MEETING SPOT: Exact Spot TBA (to be announced) to registrants

YOUR WALK LEADERS: Carolyn Fisher and Sara Heerema

Award-winning artist/author Carolyn Fisher has illustrated nine picture books, four of which she also wrote. Her book Summer Feet (with writer Sheree Fitch) won the David Booth Prize at the Canadian Children’s Book Awards. In addition to teaching at art college for seven years, Carolyn has talked to thousands of kids and adults about writing, art, and making books. She investigates science and nature by sketchbook from her home in Calgary. See more at www.carolynfisher.com or follow her on social media (Instagram: @carolyn_fisher_illustration). Sara Heerema (she/her) is a conservation outreach specialist with Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA). Since 1965, AWA has inspired communities to care for the province’s wild spaces and species through awareness, advocacy, and action. Sara works on connecting people to wild Alberta, as well as looking at issues that impact some of our wildlife species. Her passion lies in conservation advocacy and inspiring people to speak up for nature.